Flowers bugs and birds

The many wanderings around the north coast of NSW has taken me to many places, seen many things and of course taken many photos. The last wandering took in the warm days of Spring. The flowers are blooming and many of the birds are coming back to the gardens.

The Calendulas are looking great in the garden.

The Gerberas just stand out in the sunshine.

Lemon trees are full of buds. It’s hard to imagine that this little flower will turn into a lemon.

All through the garden the nasturtiums are a riot of colour, brilliant reds and oranges.

I thought it would be good to look deep inside to see what they look like. The patterns and shapes are quite different.

The wisteria trailing over the arbour with the hanging blooms added a splash of mauve to the garden.

Lots of native flowers are looking good this year as well. The Egg and Bacon plants tiny flowers, only about 5 to 8mm across, are very showy.

With the onset of warm weather the insects are always present around the house and garden. This Crane Fly was hovering around and finally resting on a leaf.

The baby geckos are also on the move at night. This little bloke lives in the laundry.

The King Parrots send waves of reds and greens through the garden as the fly about the trees and bushes.

Whereas the Rainbow Lorikeets provide a constant chatter.

The old broken pot has made a great birdbath. The Wattlebird is a bit shy when bathing.

But doesn’t seem to mind sharing with the Spangled Drongo.

At Lismore Lake the birds are busy. The late afternoon has birds flying and singing everywhere. The Egrets stalk around the water plants, probably looking for an unsuspecting frog or fish.

The Superb Fairy Wrens were flitting about the shrubs.

I wondered why that little bloke was so intent of capturing my attention. A bit of an investigation found these two.

Back at home, the Scarlet Honeyeater kept a wary eye on me as he had a feed on the Bottlebrush flower.

A convenient post let the Eastern Whipbird call his mate.

The sunsets are quite spectacular this time of year, it must be time to go.

The candles are lit so time to settle down for a bit relaxing after a busy day wandering about. Good night.